Coolbeg
The large Wedge Tomb of Coolbeg ( Irish An Chúil Bheag ) is located in a group of cherry trees, northwest of Drumcliff in County Sligo in Ireland , about 200 m west of the bridge over the Owney River. Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" , formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave") are double-walled, aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
description
The almost capstone-free chamber is about seven meters long. The endstone obtained from limestone has a single bowl ( English cup ). Remains of the antechamber, the facade (about one meter high) and some stones of the double wall are preserved in situ . The stones at the west end of Coolbeg are about one meter high and decrease to 0.3 m towards the east end.
Sligo antique dealer William Gregory Wood-Martin (1847–1917) claimed that one of the curbs on the north side was decorated with cup-and-ring markings . However, these are no longer recognizable today and may have been wiped out by weathering. If Wood-Martin's statement is correct, this would be an unusual constellation for Wedge Tombs.
See also
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume V: County Sligo 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
- Anthony Weir: Early Ireland: A Field Guide . 1980
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Coordinates: 54 ° 19 ′ 44.1 ″ N , 8 ° 30 ′ 16.4 ″ W.